How can people recognize the love of Jesus in us? Well, let's take a look at the Scriptures and see. "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples." John 13:34,35 NIV.
If we are to love one another as Jesus loved, then how did Jesus love?
1. He hung out with them and became intimately involved in their lives. He wept with them and laughed with them.
2. He spoke the truth in love. He accepted them right were they were, but he loved them too much to leave them that way. :)
3. He served them by loving them the way they needed to be loved, without judging, all the while revealing to them a better way.
4. He trusted them and believed in them enough to put the future of the church in their hands.
5. He gave up his life for them.
Does this sound like a tall order? Jesus wouldn' t have asked us to do it if it couldn't be done. So, let's love one another the way Jesus loved.
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Right on, Sis! You and Jim live this way and more of us should.
ReplyDeleteLove you.
Sharone